Janus: Papers of Thomas Clarkson

St John's Library/Clarkson/Folder 1-5 contains:
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Doc 26	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson, from London
Doc 27	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson, from Hemdale
Doc 28	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson, from Bury St Edmunds
Doc 29	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson
Doc 30	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson, from London
Doc 31	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson, from London
Doc 32	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson, from Bury St Edmunds
Doc 33	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson, from London
Doc 34	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson, from Bury St Edmunds
Doc 35	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson, from London
Doc 36	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, to John Wadkin from Thomas Clarkson, from Bury St Edmunds
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Papers of Thomas Clarkson

Title	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Reference	Doc 11
Covering Dates	9 March 1790
Extent and Medium	3p; paper

Content and context

De Warville received Clarkson's undated letter (the third he has received) three or four days ago and will appreciate any assistance Clarkson can give to the Societe, the sooner the better since publications are proceeding briskly. Brissot's friend in New York, Myers [?John], tells him that a considerable number of friends have applied to Congress for the abolition of slavery in the United States. M. Oge (1) will be in London in eight or ten days, having sent a friend on in advance. The progress of reform in the House of Commons affects the morale of abolitionists in the National Assembly. They are much distracted by the destruction of the settlement in Sierra Leone (2), and ask for an account of that to be established there by Woodhouse. They have been honoured by visits from Messrs. [?Strand] and [?Nordenschfold]. (1) Vincent Oge, a mulatto of St Dominique, subsequently executed for revolt (Clarkson Biography, pp. 63-4). (2) Granville Sharp's settlement (See Clarkson Biography, pp. 63-4).

Bought from R. Myers & Co., 1949

Index Terms

Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846) slavery abolitionist

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